Here's what I'm saying:
Ask and you'll get;
Seek and you'll find;
Knock and the door will open.
"Don't bargain with God. Be direct. Ask for what you need.
~ Luke 11:9 ~
Ask and you'll get;
Seek and you'll find;
Knock and the door will open.
"Don't bargain with God. Be direct. Ask for what you need.
~ Luke 11:9 ~
Continuing from the last post on Persistent Wrestling, I want to now focus on what Jesus said after He gave the story of a man who was persistent by "waking all the neighbors." From Luke 11.9 above, let's zoom in on the first part: Ask and you'll get.
Ask And You'll Get
What does it mean to ask? Jesus tells us to do it, so we know it must be a good thing to do!!! But we must understand that asking Jesus is not synonymous with the genie in the bottle scenario, where we are granted our wishes no matter what. Quite the contrary. The chief aim of our asking is to Glorify God, not ourselves. In John 17.1-5, Jesus says, "I glorified you [God] on earth By completing down to the last detail What you assigned me to do."
In order to Glorify God, we must put him ahead our of our asking, then we will know exactly how to ask and what to ask for...Below are a few Scriptures that give us some framework in terms of asking. Notice how the asking and the receiving are preceded by putting The Lord first in our lives. By doing so, we have the true framework by what it means to ASK.
John 15.5 "apart from me [Jesus] you can do nothing."
John 15.7-8, Jesus says, "If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be given you. This is to my Father's glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples." (emphasis added).
Psalm 37:4 Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you your heart’s desires.
God straight up asks Solomon what he wants. Solomon asks...God is pleased of what Solomon asks for, so God grants him even more! To read the amazing story, click here!
Lets put God first in our asking, since His ways are higher than our ways and His thoughts are higher than our thoughts. (Isaiah 55.9)
Next post will focus on "Seeking..."
Ask And You'll Get
What does it mean to ask? Jesus tells us to do it, so we know it must be a good thing to do!!! But we must understand that asking Jesus is not synonymous with the genie in the bottle scenario, where we are granted our wishes no matter what. Quite the contrary. The chief aim of our asking is to Glorify God, not ourselves. In John 17.1-5, Jesus says, "I glorified you [God] on earth By completing down to the last detail What you assigned me to do."
In order to Glorify God, we must put him ahead our of our asking, then we will know exactly how to ask and what to ask for...Below are a few Scriptures that give us some framework in terms of asking. Notice how the asking and the receiving are preceded by putting The Lord first in our lives. By doing so, we have the true framework by what it means to ASK.
John 15.5 "apart from me [Jesus] you can do nothing."
John 15.7-8, Jesus says, "If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be given you. This is to my Father's glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples." (emphasis added).
Psalm 37:4 Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you your heart’s desires.
Proverbs 16:3 Commit your actions to the Lord, and your plans will succeed.
Proverbs 1:7 Fear of the Lord is the foundation of true knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.
God straight up asks Solomon what he wants. Solomon asks...God is pleased of what Solomon asks for, so God grants him even more! To read the amazing story, click here!
Lets put God first in our asking, since His ways are higher than our ways and His thoughts are higher than our thoughts. (Isaiah 55.9)
Next post will focus on "Seeking..."
